as well as his sleigh, elves and reindeers
2007-12-21 08:19:24 · 18 answers · asked by ♣DreamDancer♣ 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Nothing.
Every culture has a mid-winter celebration, occurring on or around Dec. 15-ish to Jan. 15-ish. In the northern hemisphere, the winter solstice (shortest 'day' of the year) occurs between Dec.20 and 23rd, depending on the year. The winter celebrations usually start just after the solstice, celebrating the return of longer, sunnier days.
The Christian Church decided that, rather than try to supplant the traditions of all the 'converts,' just add a celebration to cover theirs, and try to re-theme all the same traditions. Since we're talking early Europe, you have Yule and good old Santa to cover. Wasn't St. Nick a gnostic saint? I forget.
So they put the celebration of Christ's birth there. And, of course, most Bible scholars today agree that, according to the Bible, Baby JC was most likely born in the summer, though that is really a best guess based on the seasonal activities of shepherds and sheep.
And Moses came down from the mountain with horns. Ask Michaelangelo.
The bunny is from the Germanic Esterhaas.
2007-12-21 08:36:10 · answer #1 · answered by eine kleine nukedmusik 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Elves,reindeer and Odin's Goat Sleigh don't
but The 4th cent Greek Bishop St Nicholas of Myra, the historical Santa Claus or Sint Klaus, showed whatt Christmas is about since:
he defended the diety of Christ and what God made flesh means;
He lived a life of faith,hope and charity;
He put his faith in Christ into practice by showing love to children, the poor, the sick, the marginalized , the traveller and the forgotten
2007-12-21 16:27:54 · answer #2 · answered by James O 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Nothing, really.
Santa Claus was originally St. Nicholas. He was a rich man who inherited his father's money and donated it to needy children on Christmas We just added the sleigh, reindeer, and elves to commercialize it.
Jesus Christ's birthday is celebrated on Christmas, the same time that St. Nick gave to children.
2007-12-21 16:31:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Could Santa be an anagram for Satan, converting faith in Jesus into the jingle bells of cash registers toting up sales for the capitalist god of Mammon?
The snow could be coke which would explain the red nosed reindeer.
That sack of toys might conceal the fallen souls of the (once) faithful
Sorry, I think I just ate some christmas pudding which had been spiked with bad santa vibrations. Here's to your Good 'Elf, cheers
2007-12-21 17:31:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nothing at all...the legend of Santa Claus is an interesting one and goes back many years. You should look it up and read about it.
To the person who answered and noted that His birth may have been in September...what's your point? Christians will always celebrate the birth of Jesus, no matter what month or day it actually was.
2007-12-21 16:30:06 · answer #5 · answered by Chris B 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Nothing, just like the alleged birth of Christ has noting to do with any winter holiday celebration.
Biblical historians have said time and time again that if Jesus ever lived he would have been born in August or September.
In the early days of Christianity the pope arbitrarily declared that the birth of Christ was to be celebrated on the 25th of December to coincide with the Pagan holiday of Yule in order to lure more Pagans into the cult of Christianity.
2007-12-21 16:24:26 · answer #6 · answered by sprcpt 6 · 1⤊ 4⤋
Nothing, except the Christians decided to use Christmas as Christ's birthday when everyone knows he was really born in August and that Christmas was originally the pagan holiday for the Winter solsitice and santa was part of that holiday.
2007-12-21 16:23:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
Nothing. Absolutely nothing. It's the commercialism side of Christmas.
2007-12-21 16:29:11 · answer #8 · answered by Tonya in TX - Duck 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Really one has nothing to do with the other. Some how, someone got the bright idea to combine them together in one holiday.
2007-12-21 16:26:35 · answer #9 · answered by beattyb 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
He's the stork.
What about the bunny that lays eggs?
2007-12-21 16:32:23 · answer #10 · answered by יונתן 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋